ASGM baseline report for Mali (2020)

This baseline report describes the state of ASGM in the country including information on mining practices, gold production and mercury use. This report was prepared as part of the process of developing a national action plan to reduce/eliminate mercury use in Mali’s ASGM sector.

ASGM baseline report for Senegal (2019)

The AGC worked with the Direction de l’Environnment et des Etablissements Classés in Senegal and UNEP to produce a baseline inventory of the ASGM sector in Senegal. This baseline report describes the state of ASGM in the country including information on mining practices, gold production and mercury use. This report was prepared as part of the process of developing a national action plan to reduce/eliminate mercury use in Senegal’s ASGM sector.

Suriname and Nicaragua ASGM Sector Reports

Nicaragua Sector Report (produced by the AGC)

Suriname Sector Report (produced in collaboration between the AGC and Paramaribo based consultancy Social Solutions)

These reports combine information sourced from existing literature, stakeholder consultations, and field work conducted under the AGC’s USDoS funded project in Nicaragua and Suriname. These documents provide a single overview report of the countries’ ASGM sectors. The reports provide readers with general country specific background on technical, social, environmental, and legal aspects of ASGM, and present new national inventory estimates for mercury use, gold production and ASGM workforce populations in each country.